A soldier receives a message from outpost observers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 23 March 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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1849. '3-23-44. J. P. Johnson. Radio Cpl. J. T. Sheridan and operator Pvt B. M. Dennard, H. Q. and Service Battery 609th F A, 71st Div, receive a message from outpost observers giving range data and fire control information. Messages usually come over in prearranged code verbally, deciphered, then sent thru field phone to battery positions. This type communication is only used before field phones are set up due to enemy interception. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-598.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J. P. Johnson. 23 March 1944
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From the collection of Maurice T. White, Captain in the 168th Signal Photographic Company, US Army Signal Corps. The collection consists of 2,000+ images of training exercises, predominantly documenting the 81st Infantry Division in the United States in 1944
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Fort Hunter Liggett
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35.917
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121.250
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Soldiers--American--California
Communication devices--California